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備え有れば憂い無し
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(備え)(備)(え)(有)(憂い)(憂)(い)(無し)(無)(し)
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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
備 备 see styles |
bèi bei4 pei sonae そなえ |
(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; in every possible way (surname, female given name) Sonae (be) provided with |
備え see styles |
sonae そなえ |
preparation; provision; guarding |
え see styles |
e え |
(interjection) (1) eh?; what?; oh?; (interjection) (2) (See はい・1) yes; that's correct; (particle) (3) (archaism) (at sentence end) (See かえ,ぞえ,わえ) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (particle) (4) (archaism) (after a noun, etc.; when calling out to someone) hey |
有 see styles |
yǒu you3 yu yumi ゆみ |
to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional) (1) existence; (n,n-pref) (2) possession; having; (3) (abbreviation) (in company names; written as (有)) (See 有限会社) limited company; (personal name) Yumi bhāva: that which exists, the existing, existence; to have, possess, be. It is defined as (1) the opposite of 無 wu and 空 kong the non-existent; (2) one of the twelve nidānas, existence; the condition which, considered as cause, produces effect; (3) effect, the consequence of cause; (4) anything that can be relied upon in the visible or invisible realm. It means any state which lies between birth and death, or beginning and end. There are numerous categories— 3, 4, 7, 9, 18, 25, and 29. The 三有 are the 三界 trailokya, i. e. 欲, 色 and 無色界 the realms of desire, of form, and of non-form, all of them realms of mortality; another three are 本有 the present body and mind, or existence, 當有 the future ditto, 中有 the intermediate ditto. Other definitions give the different forms or modes of existence. |
憂 忧 see styles |
yōu you1 yu yuu / yu ゆう |
to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning (female given name) Yū Sorrow, grief, melancholy, anxiety; to mourn, grieve; translit. u, yu; cf. 優, 烏. |
憂い see styles |
ui うい |
(adjective) unhappy; sad; gloomy |
い see styles |
i い |
(1) (See いろは順) 1st (in a sequence denoted by the iroha system); (2) {music} (used mainly in key names) A (note); (3) (abbreviation) (See インドネシア) Indonesia; (female given name) I |
無 无 see styles |
wú wu2 wu non のん |
More info & calligraphy: Nothing / Nothingness(1) nothing; naught; nought; nil; zero; (prefix) (2) un-; non-; (prefix) (1) un-; non-; (2) bad ...; poor ...; (female given name) Non Sanskrit a, or before a vowel an, similar to English un-, in- in a negative sense; not no, none, non-existent, v. 不, 非, 否; opposite of 有. |
無し see styles |
nashi なし |
(n,n-suf) (1) (kana only) without; (2) (colloquialism) (kana only) (ant: 在り・あり・2) unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory; (adj-ku) (3) (archaism) (old terminal form of 無い) (See 無い・1) nonexistent |
し see styles |
shi シ |
(1) {music} ti (7th note of a major scale in movable-do solfège) (ita:); si; (2) {music} B (note in the fixed-do system) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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